DAILY GK 13, 14 NOV 2020
1. VIBRATION-ABSORBING TRACKS
• For the first time in India, the Mumbai
Metro Rail Corporation Ltd., MMRCL will lay vibration-absorbing tracks on the
Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ Metro Line-3 with an estimated outlay of Rs.23,000-cr.
2. SHIPPING MINISTRY AS MINISTRY OF
PORTS, SHIPPING & WATERWAYS
• The President of India has gave his assent for renaming Shipping Ministry as the Ministry of Ports,
Shipping and Waterways by exercising of the powers conferred by clause (3) of
Article 77 of the Constitution and by amending the Government of India
(Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961.
3. FOREIGN SECRETARY TWO-DAY VISIT
TO MALDIVES
• India’s Foreign Secretary (FS) Harsh
Vardhan Shringla concluded a Two-day visit to Maldives.
• FS reviewed the progress of ongoing development
projects under USD 1.3 Billion (~ INR 9704.50 crores) Financial Package.
• India will also support Maldives Foreign
Minister’s candidature for UNGA (United Nations General Assembly) President.
4. LIST OF TOP 2% SCIENTISTS OF THE
WORLD
• Stanford University, United States (US)
has released a list of Top 2% Scientists of the world.
• The list has 1, 59, 683 persons and 1, 492
Indians have found a place in it.
• The scientists have been selected in the
global list on the basis of their research paper’s International Evaluation.
5. INDIA’S GDP GROWTH TO CONTRACT
BY 8.9%
• As per Moody’s ‘Global Macro Outlook
2021-22: Nascent economic rebound takes hold globally but will remain fragile’,
India’s GDP(Gross Domestic Product) for the Calendar Year(CY) 2020 is revised
upwards to -8.9%(contract by 8.9) from -9.6% projected earlier.
• Goldman Sachs in its global economic
analysis report titled ‘V(accine)-Shaped Recovery’, has projected India’s GDP
growth to contract by 8.9% for CY 2020.
6. 2ND NATIONAL WATER AWARDS
• M. Venkaiah Naidu, Vice President(VP) of
India virtually presented the 2nd National Water Awards for 2019.
• Tamil Nadu won the first prize for the
Best State Award under Normal Category followed by Maharsashtra and Rajasthan
in 2nd and 3rd prizes respectively.
• Mizoram won the Best State Award under
special category.
7. CCI APPROVES ACQUISITION OF
7.73% SHARE OF JIO BY GOOGLE
• The Competition Commission of India (CCI)
under Section 31(1) of the Competition Act, 2002 has approved an acquisition of
7.73% equity share capital of Jio Platforms Limited (JPL) by Google
International Limited Liability Corporation-LLC (GIL).
• JPL is a subsidiary of Reliance Industries
Limited(RIL).
• Jio will get all the funds from its 13
investors(including google) who have injected Rs 1,52,056 crore for a 32.97%
cumulative equity share.
8. 5TH SCORPENE-CLASS SUBMARINE
‘INS VAGIR’
• Shripad Naik virtually launched the Indian
Navy’s 5th Scorpene-class Submarine ‘INS Vagir’ in Arabian sea waters at
Mazagon Dock, Mumbai. Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders (MDSL), Mumbai has built
‘Vagir’.
• ‘Vagir’ is part of six Kalvari-Class
submarines being built in India.
• Designed by French naval defence and
energy company DCNS (The Naval Group, formerly known as Direction des Constructions
Navales (DCNS)) and is being built as part of Indian Navy’s Project-75.
• INS Kalvari, the first of the six
Scorpene-class submarines, was launched in 2017, followed by Khanderi, Karanj
and Vela.
9. SONU SOOD’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY
• Sonu Sood, an actor, producer and
humanitarian, is set to pen his autobiography titled “I Am No Messiah”.
• The book will be co-authored by Meena
Iyer.
• The book will account the experience of
Sonu Sood during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• The book is set to be published by Penguin
Random House India and released in December 2020.
10. WORLD PNEUMONIA DAY 2020
• World Pneumonia Day is annually celebrated
across the globe on 12th November to create awareness among the general public
about Pneumonia, a fatal infection and the methods to prevent the infection.
• The World Pneumonia day was first
celebrated on 12th November 2009 by the Global Coalition against Child
Pneumonia.
11. HARYANA LAUNCHES ‘PROJECT AIR
CARE’
• CM Manohar Lal Khattar virtually unveiled
‘Project Air Care’ to combat rising Air Pollution in Gurgaon.
• 65 Wing Augmentation Air Purifying Units
(WAYU) would be set up at areas with high Air Quality Indices (AQI) in Gurgaon
to improve the air quality.
• The Air Purifiers have been developed by
CSIR-NEERI (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research-National
Environmental Engineering Research Institute), IIT (Indian Institute of
Technology) Bombay.
12. INDIA’S FIRST SANDALWOOD MUSEUM
• India’s first Sandalwood Museum is being
established in Aranya Bhavan in Ashokapuram, Mysuru, Karnataka.
• The museum is set up by the Regional
Forest Department to educate farmers about the significance of cultivation of
sandalwood.
